Saturday, May 20, 2006

Take a left just past the math equation



Many readers have heard of my dear friends Fred and Stacey. Fred's father (Fred Sr) passed away this week. He was brilliant, honest, and helped raise a wonderful family. He also had a wacky sense of humour. Wacky, I say! Which of course I have always enjoyed.

The main house of the family is 1414 Livi Lane (street name has been changed: you Internet people can't be trusted). The pic shows an equation that has been prominent on the garage door forever. This is quintessential Fred Sr.

In case you aren't familiar with the notation the "L"-like symbols form the "floor" function, which means "round down". e.g. [ 3.14 ] = 3.

No doubt, the house must be a landmark in the community. This is not unlike my grandparents' house, which had a porcelain cat on its steeply-pitched roof for years and years.

Fred Sr is survived by his wife Betty, and their 3 children, all of whom have their own kids, and live within an 8 mile radius.

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